Awards and Achievements

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Being recognized for quality patient care is a hospital's highest recognition. Recent awards and achievements for patient care include:

Top-ranked Specialty Care – Repeatedly ranked among the nation’s best in multiple adult medical and surgical specialties by
U.S. News & World Report. Specialties listed in the top 50 nationally for 2018-19 include: Cancer (No. 45); Cardiology and Heart Surgery (No. 40); Geriatrics (No. 36); Neurology & Neurosurgery (No. 46); Orthopedics (No. 49); Pulmonology (No. 17). Only approximately 3.5 percent of the more than 4,500 hospitals included in the analysis ranked in even one specialty.

Distinguished Hospital Award – For the fourth year straight, it received a
Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades in 2017, placing it among the top 5 percent of U.S. hospitals, based on objective clinical metrics. Patients who receive care at these hospitals have better outcomes and lower risk-adjusted complication rates for a range of conditions and procedures.

Nursing Excellence – Maintains Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, considered among the highest recognitions for nursing excellence and innovation in nursing practice

Top Hospital – Named one of the nation's
"100 Top Hospitals" in 2015 by Truven Health Analytics for its patient care, operational efficiency and financial stability